Procedure for Issuance of Building Permits & Water/Sewer Taps

The City of Carthage has access to birth certificates if the person was born in Texas via online access to the State's computer. Death must have occurred in the city limits of Carthage for us to be able to issue a death certificate. Deaths which occurred outside the Carthage city limits must be issued through the Panola County Clerk's Office. The cost for a birth certificate is $23.00. A death certificate costs $21.00 for the first one and $4.00 for each additional copy. In order to obtain a death or birth certificate, it must be for yourself or an immediate family member (parent, sibling, spouse, grandparent, child) Contact Dana Clark for these services at 903/693-3868, ext. 21. Application for certificates